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Robert Eggers on Preparing Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe for The Lighthouse | On Writing

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Robert Eggers on how research is integral to his writing process, creating The Witch and The Lighthouse as well as some insights into his next film.

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19 Comments

@baftaguru Creator 6 years ago Pinned

What's your favourite Robert Eggers film?

@jello4479 6 years ago

Someone give this man his damn Nosferatu film!

@dantoledano4780 6 years ago

He got that passionate look on his eyes that filmmakers like tarantino have. He Clearly knows what he wants and what he's doing

@palazzo1113 6 years ago

What a genuinely good, cool, passionate guy. Truly inspirational.

@LerockJohn 4 years ago (edited)

1000% on board with him. Any movie project with that human would be such a trip! Highly technical and yet very organic....

@YomsterFUT13 5 years ago

For some reason this interview makes me also appreciate the film more afterwards and now 'The Witch' is deffo on my next to watch list. The way he spoke on it and broke it down was just fascinating and as a film lover (also one day hoping to be future filmmaker) was so damn interesting and informative).

@daniels.rogers480 6 years ago

I would love to see him work with actors behind the scenes in detail since the blu ray didn't show much

@spacewinter 6 years ago

Love all his interviews. His movies are amazing and I'm going to go out of my way to see all in theaters though I don't usually do so

@TheNervousnation 6 years ago (edited)

I absolutely LOVED The Vvitch, It has become a holiday mainstay. I bought five of them for my family and friends. I trust this man to make great films.

@StacheBigote 5 years ago

This dude is brilliant.

@flowerbomb333 4 years ago

So far, Lighthouse is my favorite of his films. But the Vikings film is gonna be spectacular. I very anxious to see it.

@TonyWords 6 years ago (edited)

Looking forward to this Viking thing he’s doing hopefully it’s closer in tone to the Witch. I liked the language and style of Lighthouse but it was a little goofy for me. Either way I really appreciate his uncompromising nature and obsessive attention to historical detail happy to inhabit the planet at the same time and see him branch out as a creator

@niallcochrane3331 4 years ago

You create your own luck through hard work, if you're not looking, you won't find it.

@officialrez206 4 years ago

He blinks a lot

@ashingashinga 2 years ago

great movies but clearly this guy is into occult shit. He has that dark feeling, you can tell when someone is into dark evil shit.

@panagiotisdedes9695 6 years ago

How about stealing the plot and name of another movie didn't hear asking him that

@MarmaladeSally 4 years ago

His movies are alright. He’s clearly not a very good writer. Sounds like he just reads old books and steals from them and writes the script as he goes. Seems like an aimless way of making a movie and not surprisingly his movies are totally aimless.

@squamish4244 3 years ago

He's got quite a resume already at such a young age. 3/3 hits is pretty damn good. Remarkable.

@squamish4244 3 years ago

The Witch was just too REAL for me to watch. You know that this sort of thing actually happened to people. Everyone turning on each other as their imaginations take hold. That kind of horror, I just can't do.